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Martin Weitzman: A Gift That Keeps on Giving

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  • Robert N. Stavins
  • Gernot Wagner

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This special issue is a reminder that the world lost a truly remarkable scholar when Martin Weitzman sadly passed away in 2019. Across five decades, he explored policy options for the most challenging issues — from unemployment and inflation in the 1970s to climate change in the twenty-first century. In this chapter, we provide a brief biography and personal remembrance of Weitzman and describe how his contributions advanced the thinking of environmental economists, and the thoughts and actions of policy makers on many fundamental issues. We conclude with a brief description of the articles that follow in this issue…
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  • Robert N. Stavins & Gernot Wagner, 2022. "Martin Weitzman: A Gift That Keeps on Giving," Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, University of Chicago Press, vol. 9(5), pages 843-850.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:jaerec:doi:10.1086/721093
    DOI: 10.1086/721093
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    JEL classification:

    • Q5 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy

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